Stephen Weiss could be bought out from his contract

According to reports from Detroit Free Press the Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken Holland is looking to add a top 4 defenseman and a top 6 forward, depending how it goes Stephen Weiss could get bought out.

Weiss has three years left of his current contract that was signed in 2013. Will he be bought out it will cost the Wings the coming 6 years, ($ 1, $ 1, $ 2.5, $ 1.67,v$ 1.67 and $ 1.67) .

Stephen Weiss was one of the rumored pieces in the Dion Phaneuf trade that fell through at the 2015 trading deadline. The Wings were looking to unload his contract to get more financial flexibility going forward.